THE LORD GOD WILL PROVIDE

PROCLAMATION

“So he did what The Lord had told him.  He went to the Kerith Ravine, east of the Jordan, and stayed there.   The ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and bread and meat in the evening, and he drank from the brook.”  1 Kings 17:5-6 (NIV)

EXPLANATION

The prophet Elijah delivered a message from The Lord God to king Ahab and told him that there would be no rain or dew in the land for the next three years. (1 Kings 17:1)  Then The Lord told Elijah to leave there and go to an area just east of the Jordan river. (1 Kings 17:2-3)  The Lord told him that he would drink from the brook and that the ravens would bring him food. (1 Kings 17:4)  So, Elijah did that which The Lord God told him to do.  When the brook dried up, The Lord told him to go to Zarephath in the region of Sidon and He would have a widow woman supply him with food. (1 Kings 17:7-9)  Again Elijah did what The Lord God told him to do and He provided for him.  He even allowed Elijah to be a blessing to the widow woman and her son. (1 Kings 17:10-23)

APPLICATION

Believers know that The Lord will provide.  He will supply all of our needs. (Philippians 4:19)  He knows what we need even before we ask Him for them. (Matthew 6:8)  When our “brooks have dried up” and human logic says that we have come to the end, The Lord God can replenish us with His “living water” or He can direct us to another source to sustain us.  The very breath of life that we enjoy comes from Him (Genesis 2:7) and it is through Him that we live, move, and have our very being. (Acts 17:28)  Our very life is both a miracle and a blessing from The Lord God, and we should thank Him daily.  We are also blessed as He provides for our needs.